WASP-23
K-type star in the Puppis constellation
WASP-23 is a K1V-type main sequence star located 671 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Puppis. It has a mass of 0.84 solar masses and a radius of 0.88 solar radii. It is around 6.2 billion years old and has an effective temperature of 5046 Kelvin.
01Planetary system
There is only one known exoplanet orbiting this star named WASP-23b that was discovered by the transit method in the year 2010 by Triaud et al. It is a hot Jupiter with similar mass and radius to Jupiter.
| Companion (in order from star) |
Mass | Semimajor axis (AU) |
Orbital period (days) |
Eccentricity | Inclination (°) |
Radius |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| b | 0.879+0.095 −0.10 MJ |
0.0370+0.0019 −0.0022 |
2.9444300(11) | <0.065 | 88.39+0.79 −0.45 |
0.962+0.047 −0.056 RJ |
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